Sometimes I can't believe what I read here. The coaches aren't allowed out of their team area. The exception to that is whn they have a timeout at which point they are allowed to address their team between the hashes. This is the exception. Since this coach is not operating within this exception, we are well within the rules to flag him.
That being said, he had to walk past 5 officials on the way to the other sideline. Although a foul certainly could be called in this scenario, the crew should try to get him back first.
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